Thursday,  June 05, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 322 • 18 of 30

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• Wismer wants to focus on education funding and health care. She feels strongly that the state should expand Medicaid with the assistance of federal dollars available through the Affordable Care Act, which ruling Republicans have declined to do.
• She will work next to identify a lieutenant governor and mobilize voters.

South Dakota auditors checking results of primary

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota auditors are double-checking results of Tuesday's primary.
• Secretary of State Jason Gant says those county canvasses will take place over the next few days and have to be done by Tuesday.
• He says workers in his office will canvass on Tuesday in the Capitol and then any recounts can be done.

SD, 44 states settle with GlaxoSmithKline

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A multinational drugmaker is paying 45 states including South Dakota $105 million to settle complaints that the company unlawfully marketed three drugs.
• South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota's share of the settlement is nearly $1.2 million.
• The settlement resolves allegations that London-based Glaxo illegally marketed Advair, Paxil and Wellbutrin for purposes that had not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Once the FDA approves a drug as safe and effective, a manufacturer cannot market or promote that drug for an unapproved use, a practice called off-label marketing.
• The asthma treatment Advair is Glaxo's best-selling product. Paxil and Wellbutrin are antidepressant drugs.

SDSU wins Summit League honor; NDSU is second

• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota State University has earned its second straight Summit League Commissioner's Cup title for the school's overall performance in men's and women's athletics.
• The cup is given annually to the Summit League school that has the best combined men's and women's finishes in all sports.
• SDSU compiled 85.5 points to win the cup a second consecutive year. North Dakota State finished second with 69 points, followed by Denver (68), the University of South Dakota (64) and IUPUI (62).

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